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6abc Exclusive: Viewer captures Chester shootout

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Sunday, March 13, 2016
VIDEO: Exclusive video of Chester police shootout

CHESTER, Pa. (WPVI) -- A 6abc Action News viewer captured the moments leading up to a shootout in Chester that left an officer critical and one of three suspects dead.

The mayor of Chester pleaded for calm Sunday, following a police-involved shootout that left a suspect dead, a police officer hospitalized and tensions running high in a crime-weary neighborhood.

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